Book Page Origami Kusudama Flower

Create an ornamental origami paper flower with book pages, each flower uses five book pages. Once perfected, the flower is quick and easy to assemble. This project is suitable for kids to enjoy, and is just one of many old book crafts you can make from discarded library books. There are only six folds and one adhesive step per petal. It takes five petals to make a flower, and twelve flowers to make a sphere.

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To create a petal, the folded piece must be rolled open. Figure 1 shows the flaps which require adhesive. Apply white glue with a glue brush and carefully roll open the petal and attach the two flaps together. Allow the adhesive to tack up. Repeat steps one and two to create five petals.

Joining five petals together will create one Kusudama flower. Apply a strip of adhesive to the inner crease of one petal, and adhere a second petal to the adhesive. Once these two petals have been joined, continue the process to join five petals together.